LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Lansing and Jackson metropolis officers are working to cut back gun violence and new knowledge exhibits each cities have made progress.
Each cities noticed latest highs in gun violence in 2021, however the quantity of people that have died from gun violence has since been minimize in half.
In Jackson, town has made progress in lowering the variety of individuals getting shot by 68 % and has additionally seen the general variety of capturing incidents fall by 53 %. Jackson police say they will not cease till they get the variety of homicides all the way down to zero—which hasn’t occurred since 2001.
In Lansing, town has seen a 36 % drop within the variety of individuals dying in shootings, however the general variety of individuals getting shot has stayed the identical.
Metropolis officers say that new legal guidelines and work from teams like Advance Peace that concentrate on repeat offenders are behind the drop within the variety of deadly shootings.
Nonetheless, they admit that there’s nonetheless work to be finished to deliver the general price down.
Lansing and Jackson capturing statistics/ Advance Peace Lansing.
